A study of four large American Jewish urban communities found that adults who affiliate with a Jewish religious denomination and attend synagogue report significantly better health than secular or non-practicing Jews. More ▸

More than a month after being hospitalized with an aneurysm near his heart, Jewish pornography legend Ron Jeremy is back to work. In an interview Jeremy had with CNN on Monday, he admits that the health scare was “really spooky. I guess no heart problem comes at the right time, but this was just a big disaster.”… More ▸

Two great miracles happened at Michigan Stadium’s first night game. After exhausting several anecdotes from my Jewish Ann Arbor playbook, I thought my days covering Michigan football for JTA were done. Then I noticed this comment from Archive Blog reader Richard Lezell: As an interesting PS, Marvin Sonne, a member of Temple Israel, West Bloomfield,… More ▸

Fresh off our first Jewish genealogy conference, the JTA Archive would like to reconnect with former Jewish newsmakers and/or their relatives. This edition: our nation’s healthiest (Jewish) boy. [[READMORE]] On August 23, 1934, JTA published the attached photo of Mortimer H. Foxman, crowned "healthiest boy in the U.S." at the 1934 Chicago Fair. Time Magazine wrote… More ▸